Fort Ashby
Fort Ashby is a census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States, along Patterson Creek. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,380 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Alaska”, “Fort Ashby, West Virginia”, “Fort Ashby, WV”, “Frankford”, “Frankfort”, and “Pattersons Creek”
- Postal code: 26719
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Short Gap and Patterson Creek.
Short Gap
Hamlet
Short Gap is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States, at the intersection of Routes 956 and 28, approximately eight miles from Cumberland, Maryland. Short Gap is situated 3½ miles northwest of Fort Ashby.
Patterson Creek
Hamlet
Patterson Creek is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at the northeastern end of the county, and is named for Patterson Creek, which empties into the North Branch Potomac River here. Patterson Creek is situated 5 miles northeast of Fort Ashby.
Dans Run
Hamlet
Dans Run is an unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dans Run is situated 5 miles northeast of Fort Ashby.
Fort Ashby
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Mineral, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.50328° or 39° 30′ 12″ northLongitude
-78.76808° or 78° 46′ 5″ westPopulation
1,380Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)United Nations Location Code
US FBIOpen location code
87F3G63J+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 158445993OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Fort Ashby” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورت أشبي”
- Catalan: “Fort Ashby”
- Cebuano: “Fort Ashby”
- Central Kurdish: “فۆرت ئەشبی”
- Chechen: “Форт-Ешби (Малхбузен Виргини)”
- Chechen: “Форт-Ешби”
- Chinese: “Fort Ashby”
- Dutch: “Fort Ashby”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فورت اشبى”
- French: “Fort Ashby”
- German: “Fort Ashby”
- Gilaki: “فؤرت أشبي (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “فؤرت أشبي”
- Irish: “Fort Ashby”
- Italian: “Fort Ashby”
- Ladin: “Fort Ashby”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Fort Ashby”
- Persian: “فرت اشبی، ویرجینیای غربی”
- Persian: “فرت اشبی”
- Polish: “Fort Ashby”
- Portuguese: “Fort Ashby”
- Serbian: “Форт Ашби (Западна Вирџинија)”
- Serbian: “Форт Ашби”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Ashby, West Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Fort Ashby”
- Spanish: “Fort Ashby”
- Tatar: “Форт-Ешби (Көнбатыш Виргиния)”
- Tatar: “Форт-Ешби”
- Ukrainian: “Форт-Ешбі”
- Volapük: “Fort Ashby”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Spring Gap and Champwood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Dept and Fort Ashby.
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